GT7 Daily Race Discussion

[Redneckchef]

I went back this morning and went over a few replays before deleting them to make sure I was accurate about what happened in most of the races. I actually hold off on the last second pass into Eau Rouge most of the time as well as at Les combes. And I was still gaining time on most of the drivers through to Bruxelles. I lose most of the time through Pouhon and les Fagnes but am also aware of how it gets on the chances when I miss an apex and leave the inside open if a GTR is right there. Can mostly run mid to low 2:05s in the race so I'm fair to keep it flat there. Although if people decide to keep blocking and ramming on the straights I'll start doing the same through sector 2.

Got knocked out of p5 last night by a salty GTR in my last race, they were 0.7 behind into the last chicane, they took a super late braking point (only barely missed the first apex to be fair) then completely straight lined it up the chicane, only getting their rights on track over the sausage and just pushed me straight off to take the spot. They've rammed people off for being on the outside at exit and pushed them wide with stupidly late dives to apexes as well when I went back to watch the other races they were in. The only penalty they had all night was 2 seconds for pushing someone onto the outside exiting turn 1 and dropping them to dead last at the start. Still an A/S driver of course. If PD doesn't fix this penalty system and soon I'm going to be racing in GT2 next GTWS season as I'm going to start playing judge and jury more often with these clowns.

And in response to @NevilleNobody about the CLK, The car is legal, gotta learn to race them. I don't like GTRs sending it THROUGH my rear bumper and using me as a cornering aid just as much as you hate being stuck behind someone who can't find an apex.

I think I'm going to have to head to race A.

 

[D Quick]

I just got back from vacation and haven't had much time to practice or keep up with the thread.

What's the preferred strategy on C this week?

I was able to run a low 2:05 on spa and I think I can get it down to the 2:04s. It's a great track to pair with the Gr2 cars. I'm about 3 tenths faster with TC off but I'm to scared to run it off in a race. The green strips on the outside of the kerbs are a insta-spin if you touch it.

 

[Stilva]

3 terrible, terrible races this evening. Lady Luck was not on my side. I almost improved my time for race B, but I messed up the bus stop and killed my time. I might have made a 2:05 flat if my calculations were correct.

Anyway, race 1 has me P8 to start and things are going good. One car forgot to start and I made a pass, not the cleanest pass, to move to P6. Bit I run wide coming out of Bruxelles on lap 3 and fall to dead last and then finish P15. My mistake and I can't blame anyone else but me.

However, race 2 was one of the filthiest races I've been in. I should have seen it coming with me being the only S safety rank in the room. People diving and shoving each other. In all of that fighting, I get a 2 second penalty for nothing that I saw. I got shoved into the back of another car, then someone else hit me. I don't know what happened even with the replay. Then I get taken out on the exit of La Source and fall to the back of the grid as a result. I finish P14. Frustrating to say the least. I fall to an SR of A for the first time in years. Me, being the idiot I am, decide to go again.

Even starting P4, I can't escape the madness. Someone used me as a brake in La Source on the opening lap, and I shoved back showing my displeasure. We go side by side into Raidillon and I'm not backing down and get immediately shoved into a wall. I lose a few spots, but nothing I can't make up. Until I get shoved into the gravel at the exit of Stavelot and I want to throw my PS5 out the window at this point. I finish the race as I never want to quit a race no matter how bad it gets. But not before P14 tries to shove me off track in the run up to Blanchimont on the final lap. I don't give in and they hit the wall instead of me. Get dunked on nerd. I finish P14.

Brutal night of racing. If it's like this tomorrow then it's going to be a one and then done for the week. Which is a shame as I enjoy these cars and I enjoy Spa. Too bad morons have to ruin everything. Once again, as soon as I get close to A rank, stupid stuff like this happens. It's like I'm cursed to be stuck in B rank forever. It's a dumb thing to worry over at the end of the day, but it's one of the goals I had set when I started in GT Sport.

 

[Gates]

I think that was the race where two guys were working as a team in the same livery and were just abusing people who dared oppose them. One of those guys didn't like that I passed him on the last lap and tried to take the inside line at the chicane and then slowed down so much as a result that I hit him, and he retaliated for being where he wanted to be and knocked me into the next county. I went so far off track after the chicane that I couldn't figure out which direction I was heading, got a wall penalty AND an off track penalty, and somehow this guy was still behind me. He passed me on the back straight, making needless contact of course, and got in front of me for the second-to-last turn. I just couldn't help myself and blasted him so far off track he got stuck in that sand before the last turn. I'm not proud, and I had a 7 second penalty at the end of the race, but I still finished before him so that little devil on my shoulder got a giggle. But I had to quit for the night after that.

I've meet these/those guys before and they always drive that way. Bully everyone around so they can always race together

 

[newb1017]

Oh cool! I didn't recognize you when you said hi. Friend me and I'll try to keep track. I wish GT7 would mark our friends when we're in races with them.

We are friends already...

 

[TheOneDonJuan]

First dub tonight at Deep Forest! Hadn't won one in a while but this race and car suit me fantastically.

 

[Bullwinkle]

Get dunked on nerd. I finish P14.

I don’t know why, but this totally tickled my funny bone tonight! I may have to make that my greeting after every race!

We are friends already...

Ah nuts! I did t realize that! It’s hard when our race names aren’t the same as our GTP names or PSN names. I can barely remember my own name! I’ll try to remember! Make sure you give me a shout out and eventually it’ll stick! (This is normally where I’d blame it on my cancer medication, a convenient catch all for anything I do wrong, but honestly, I just suck at remembering names!)

I've meet these/those guys before and they always drive that way. Bully everyone around so they can always race together

Which reminds me, are we friends yet? I can’t remember.

Question on etiquette: I got a friend request from someone I haven’t met (which is fine, it’s a mutual friend of a GTP friend), but it was to be “close friends.” This feels a bit like saying “I love you” on the first date or something! Am I wrong? Is this not a big deal? Should I be close-friending everyone here?

 

[Gates]

I don’t know why, but this totally tickled my funny bone tonight! I may have to make that my greeting after every race!

Ah nuts! I did t realize that! It’s hard when our race names aren’t the same as our GTP names or PSN names. I can barely remember my own name! I’ll try to remember! Make sure you give me a shout out and eventually it’ll stick! (This is normally where I’d blame it on my cancer medication, a convenient catch all for anything I do wrong, but honestly, I just suck at remembering names!)

Which reminds me, are we friends yet? I can’t remember.

Question on etiquette: I got a friend request from someone I haven’t met (which is fine, it’s a mutual friend of a GTP friend), but it was to be “close friends.” This feels a bit like saying “I love you” on the first date or something! Am I wrong? Is this not a big deal? Should I be close-friending everyone here?

close friends is a setting that allows the other person to see the actual name in your profile. So, if you you used your real name, that is what people would see if you check them as close friend. Comfortable with it? Then go for it. I don't have anyone on my list that made me a close friend and I really don't want people to know who I am.

And yes, we friends.

 

[Stilva]

I don’t know why, but this totally tickled my funny bone tonight! I may have to make that my greeting after every race!
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The best part is that I actually said this out loud as they hit the wall. All of of my frustration of the night contributed to that moment. I'm glad you got a chuckle out of it.

 

[GrumpyOldMan]

Question on etiquette: I got a friend request from someone I haven’t met (which is fine, it’s a mutual friend of a GTP friend), but it was to be “close friends.” This feels a bit like saying “I love you” on the first date or something! Am I wrong? Is this not a big deal? Should I be close-friending everyone here?

I agree completely. When I get one of those from someone I know, I decline the request and then immediately send them a normal friend request. If I don't know who they are, I just decline it.

 

[NevilleNobody]

Here's an example of the stupidness in race B, this is an A and A+ room.



So in an effort to rise from SRB I was yielding to faster cars, this knuckle head hit me though, then again in the chicane, so I race him at la source. At the end of kemmel I'm the only one to make the damn apex, ibget tagged by another driver then capt dopey returns to the track unsafely and wipes me out.

He should have yielded at the exit of the final chicane for hitting me, but ofcourse, no.

Dropped my QT to a 2.04.2 almost by accident, was just casually lapping waiting for the next race and realised inwas on a hot one.

 

[Redneckchef]

Here's an example of the stupidness in race B, this is an A and A+ room.



So in an effort to rise from SRB I was yielding to faster cars, this knuckle head hit me though, then again in the chicane, so I race him at la source. At the end of kemmel I'm the only one to make the damn apex, ibget tagged by another driver then capt dopey returns to the track unsafely and wipes me out.

He should have yielded at the exit of the final chicane for hitting me, but ofcourse, no.

Dropped my QT to a 2.04.2 almost by accident, was just casually lapping waiting for the next race and realised inwas on a hot one.

Same type of oblivious driving seen in a lot of my lobbies as well, including someone sending it 3 wide into Les Combes. I've long given up looking at DR as any indicator of racecraft. It seems to measure speed more than any ability during actual races. We might all need a different race for a day or 2. Luckily I've got a great fun lobby to run tonight.

 

[appu]

I take back my complaints about driving of low-end B lobby. I had a bunch of good runs and just had the most beautiful online racing in my life. Throughout the race, I kept thinking “I am gonna save this replay” but of course I totally forgot to do that. And I also had turned off PlayStation so no replay there as well.

It is gonna sound completely opposite of the post before mine but I had three wide Bruxelles and I loved being double overtaken this way. I had plenty of two wide turns. All the touches were gentle. Not even one rear end. I also saw zero incidents around me. Landed clean race bonus as well.

Almost everyone was so good and clearly faster than me. I only got ahead because of some folks spinning out due to being too throttle happy. Bagging 9th in this B/S felt better than bagging 2nd yesterday in a crash-fest B/S yesterday.

It was already not possible for me to love Spa more. But now I love Spa even more. This is the best Daily Race ever for me. Second best was the recent Honda vintage F1 car at Monza.

 

[TheNormsk]

Took a break from racing and went out for a 30 mile bike ride this evening. Must have done me some good as I jumped on for a couple of race Bs.

Race 1.

Q4 start. My improved QT is really paying dividends. I get up to P2 on Kemmel but entering Les Combes I punt P1 gaining a 2 second penalty. After that I'm all over P1 but I can't pass because of their wayward driving. Also any attempt to pass would get lost at the penalty anyway, which does drop me back to 6th. I end up finishing P5. Not bad considering but could have been a podium.

Which leads to this: I need help.


1) Considering it appears P1 and I braked at the same spot, give or take a meter, how did they slow so rapidly causing me to not be able to slow quick enough, causing the punt? I appeared to be closing in on them on the Kemmel straight, so I must assume I was traveling a few mph faster into the braking zone and just carried more speed. Anyway, I'd appreciate some guidance from the more experienced here.

2) I was then quicker than P1 in the subsequent corners, principally Speaker's Corner through Double Gauge (Pouhon) into Led Fagnes, Campus and Stavelot. But, they were driving all over the track and I could not figure out a move to pass then. Plus in the video I explain any move may be moot anyway as I was about to be penalized. So what could I have done and assuming no penalty, how would you plan to pass this car?

Race 2.

Q3 start; even better. P2 spins at La Source so I am P2 heading up Kemmel and I pass and out brake at Les Combes to take P1. I hold that for a lap until a super fast mid pack racer (who did the same in the earlier race) passed me on draft on Kemmel on lap 2. I dropped back to P2 but after that it was an easy drive to the end with no challenge from P3. P1 was lapping about a second per lap faster than me, even though I was running near QT performance. I guess some racers are naturally fast and don't put much effort into QT.. Any way, happy with this and CRB!

 

[ILLEAGLE_34]

Took a break from racing and went out for a 30 mile bike ride this evening. Must have done me some good as I jumped on for a couple of race Bs.

Race 1.

Q4 start. My improved QT is really paying dividends. I get up to P2 on Kemmel but entering Les Combes I punt P1 gaining a 2 second penalty. After that I'm all over P1 but I can't pass because of their wayward driving. Also any attempt to pass would get lost at the penalty anyway, which does drop me back to 6th. I end up finishing P5. Not bad considering but could have been a podium.

Which leads to this: I need help.


1) Considering it appears P1 and I braked at the same spot, give or take a meter, how did they slow so rapidly causing me to not be able to slow quick enough, causing the punt? I appeared to be closing in on them on the Kemmel straight, so I must assume I was traveling a few mph faster into the braking zone and just carried more speed. Anyway, I'd appreciate some guidance from the more experienced here.

2) I was then quicker than P1 in the subsequent corners, principally Speaker's Corner through Double Gauge (Pouhon) into Led Fagnes, Campus and Stavelot. But, they were driving all over the track and I could not figure out a move to pass then. Plus in the video I explain any move may be moot anyway as I was about to be penalized. So what could I have done and assuming no penalty, how would you plan to pass this car?

Race 2.

Q3 start; even better. P2 spins at La Source so I am P2 heading up Kemmel and I pass and out brake at Les Combes to take P1. I hold that for a lap until a super fast mid pack racer (who did the same in the earlier race) passed me on draft on Kemmel on lap 2. I dropped back to P2 but after that it was an easy drive to the end with no challenge from P3. P1 was lapping about a second per lap faster than me, even though I was running near QT performance. I guess some racers are naturally fast and don't put much effort into QT.. Any way, happy with this and CRB!

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Not sure about your specific setup with having ag27 with the rimotech LC but with the standard g29 I find that I can brake in a significantly better/shorter distance with the ps4 controller than the wheel/pedal setup. I’m not sure why but I suspect it is because of something to do with the amount of travel between the trigger buttons vs pedals ( I think they are both an analog or digital input? which ever one means it’s a progressive input anyway) just for the sake of science 😜 and fun map the l3/r3 buttons on the steering wheel to brake and gas or whatever works best for you and check it out.
2. I didn’t really see a good place to overtake that driver especially since you had the two second penalty. I would’ve tried to pressure him into making a mistake. 🍻

 

[Bullwinkle]

Here's an example of the stupidness in race B, this is an A and A+ room.



So in an effort to rise from SRB I was yielding to faster cars, this knuckle head hit me though, then again in the chicane, so I race him at la source. At the end of kemmel I'm the only one to make the damn apex, ibget tagged by another driver then capt dopey returns to the track unsafely and wipes me out.

He should have yielded at the exit of the final chicane for hitting me, but ofcourse, no.

Dropped my QT to a 2.04.2 almost by accident, was just casually lapping waiting for the next race and realised inwas on a hot one.

Every video I’ve seen of Race B has been mayhem. I don’t think I’m even going to bother trying that one this week, which is both unfortunate since it’s a great combo, and also fortunate since I can’t seem to find a decent quality time anyway!

1) Considering it appears P1 and I braked at the same spot, give or take a meter, how did they slow so rapidly causing me to not be able to slow quick enough, causing the punt? I appeared to be closing in on them on the Kemmel straight, so I must assume I was traveling a few mph faster into the braking zone and just carried more speed. Anyway, I'd appreciate some guidance from the more experienced here.

I’m guessing that’s an example of dirty air. It seems you lost downforce, and so braking efficiency, when you got into his wash.

 

[MrJones 78]

Last Race A yesterday… dropped QT to 1:15 with GT-R and managed P2 ☺️ not bad for casual racing 😏

 

[Steer]

I somehow set a low 1:14 in qualifying for race A, which for a SR B driver puts me fairly close to the front on most grids, but I just go backwards in the race every time because my race pace is seemingly nowhere near that. I drop time in the last corner every lap, which is weird because it is a nothing corner. Having a clean race is difficult in Race A, so many people try to pull off suicide passes through the fast bus stop which almost always ends up going wrong.

Race B, I used to drive Spa a lot in GT Sport but with Gr3 cars. I set a fairly slow QT 2:06, but tend to make up places fairly well in the race. It's more fun for me.

 

[GrumpyOldMan]

Every video I’ve seen of Race B has been mayhem. I don’t think I’m even going to bother trying that one this week, which is both unfortunate since it’s a great combo, and also fortunate since I can’t seem to find a decent quality time anyway!

Not sure why you wouldn't at least give it a few tries. Who cares if you don't have a good QT? You could be like me and have a semi-decent QT, and run the race like a complete moron, and I'm still having fun.

 

[RacinLei]

Dropped my QT to a 2.04.2 almost by accident, was just casually lapping waiting for the next race and realised inwas on a hot one.

These are the best laps, brain off and race without goals. I get the best results that way 👍🏻

 

[Fezzik]

Not sure why you wouldn't at least give it a few tries. Who cares if you don't have a good QT? You could be like me and have a semi-decent QT, and run the race like a complete moron, and I'm still having fun.

Normally I would agree but I keep getting put around P10/P11, which means starting right in the middle of the bus stop facing the pit wall! Need to improve my time before I try again because that ain't fun.

 

[Bullwinkle]

Not sure why you wouldn't at least give it a few tries. Who cares if you don't have a good QT? You could be like me and have a semi-decent QT, and run the race like a complete moron, and I'm still having fun.

Looks like I got purged. I can’t remember your PSN name. Mine is Grand_Slammin, can you send me a request?

 

[NevilleNobody]

These are the best laps, brain off and race without goals. I get the best results that way 👍🏻

It's weird eh. I got to Pouhon and realised my time was fast so then I pushed and boom, shaved two tenths.

Normally I would agree but I keep getting put around P10/P11, which means starting right in the middle of the bus stop facing the pit wall! Need to improve my time before I try again because that ain't fun.

I like P11 given I am trying to raise my SR. You're a full second behind and in front of the cars around you by T1.

 

[GrumpyOldMan]

Just did a race at Spa with @Bullwinkle. I start P6 and he was P8, quickly to become P7 when P7 lost it at T1 (I think). I was nervous with him right behind me - part of it was morning jitters that I get from my meds (it's like having too much coffee), and part of it was because I knew I'd suck. But I survived, albeit not very smoothly and I'm sure Bullwinkle had to avoid my unexpected braking.

Until a guy in front of me started driving very strangely. I think it was the connection (we were all 3-bar yellow). At one point I had to take evasive action to not slam into him, and that led to getting passed by at least 3 people. Then I did something else stupid and by the time the dust had settled, I finished P12.

Worst of all, I pitted someone at the last chicane, because I missed my braking point. I just stopped and waited for him. Fortunately, after the race he said something like "no worries" before I even got a chance to apologize. He said he "drove like a trashcan" and so did I.

Here's my takeaways as to my bad lap times at Spa during a race:

1. I'm having trouble adjusting to the start-of-race conditions with a heavier car and cool tires.
2. It's clear that I'm causing, um, consternation for the people behind me, as I'm just not driving consistent at all...
3. ...and worrying about it only makes things worse,
4. The only solution is to start grinding races until I get used to it.

I meant to save the replay but of course I forgot. I need to see why people always catch me along the Kemmel straight, even if I get a lead after La Source. I must be mishandling Eau Rouge, but I'm not sure how.

Looks like I got purged. I can’t remember your PSN name. Mine is Grand_Slammin, can you send me a request?

You're on my leaderboard, so we must be friends. Are you sure we're not friends? In any case, my PSN is listed below my avatar here, just like yours is. ;p "dagware".

Normally I would agree but I keep getting put around P10/P11, which means starting right in the middle of the bus stop facing the pit wall! Need to improve my time before I try again because that ain't fun.

What a whiner! (Just kidding - I hate that too.)

 

[Bullwinkle]

Looks like I got purged. I can’t remember your PSN name. Mine is Grand_Slammin, can you send me a request?

@GrumpyOldMan Edit: I guess not. I just couldn’t find you on my top ten lists and couldn’t remember your PSN name. It doesn’t show up by your avatar when I’m on my phone, and I’m rarely on my laptop when I’m cruising GTP.

Just did a race at Spa with @Bullwinkle. I start P6 and he was P8, quickly to become P7 when P7 lost it at T1 (I think). I was nervous with him right behind me - part of it was morning jitters that I get from my meds (it's like having too much coffee), and part of it was because I knew I'd suck. But I survived, albeit not very smoothly and I'm sure Bullwinkle had to avoid my unexpected braking.

Until a guy in front of me started driving very strangely. I think it was the connection (we were all 3-bar yellow). At one point I had to take evasive action to not slam into him, and that led to getting passed by at least 3 people. Then I did something else stupid and by the time the dust had settled, I finished P12.

Worst of all, I pitted someone at the last chicane, because I missed my braking point. I just stopped and waited for him. Fortunately, after the race he said something like "no worries" before I even got a chance to apologize. He said he "drove like a trashcan" and so did I.

Here's my takeaways as to my bad lap times at Spa during a race:

1. I'm having trouble adjusting to the start-of-race conditions with a heavier car and cool tires.
2. It's clear that I'm causing, um, consternation for the people behind me, as I'm just not driving consistent at all...
3. ...and worrying about it only makes things worse,
4. The only solution is to start grinding races until I get used to it.

I meant to save the replay but of course I forgot. I need to see why people always catch me along the Kemmel straight, even if I get a lead after La Source. I must be mishandling Eau Rouge, but I'm not sure how.


You're on my leaderboard, so we must be friends. Are you sure we're not friends? In any case, my PSN is listed below my avatar here, just like yours is. ;p "dagware".

What a whiner! (Just kidding - I hate that too.)

What a great race! I’m glad you encouraged me to try it! I did three or four and even got clean race bonuses, which is the last thing I expected! I was hoping you’d be in the next race as well. It was reassuring to me to see you up ahead and know that your wasn’t going to have to struggle against random jerks. I prefer the jerks I already know (I kid! I kid!)

You did great, so don’t get nervous. I say that, but I’m the same way. Anyway, there was a huge gap behind me so you can always do what I do in that situation: I let the guy behind me by and then draft them, keeping the gap behind.

Anyway, I was wondering why people are randomly flying off the track and then suddenly I figured out why as I drafted into Les Combes! Wow did I just not have any grip! Now I know what to look for.

Anyway, that was good fun. Now on with my day. This is better than coffee!

 

[Paul_M3]

I had a combination of fun and frustration last night on Daily B. I don't play as much as I'd like, but when I spend a bit of time on the game I would say I'm a high 'B' driver on average, depending on the circuit and how familiar I am with it.

Spa is one that I know, and I like the Gr.2 cars. I was having some good races last night, battling near the front in lobbies with DR.B and SR.S drivers. Even won a couple of races.

The problem came when my rating got near the top of B. Suddenly I was in lobbies with DR.A drivers, but they all seemed to be SR.B. Which meant I went from having fun generally clean races, to getting punted about by people who would probably beat me fair and square anyway.

As soon as I dropped back down to the all DR.B/SR.S lobby the fun resumed.

 

[hollowkatt]

Just did a race at Spa with @Bullwinkle. I start P6 and he was P8, quickly to become P7 when P7 lost it at T1 (I think). I was nervous with him right behind me - part of it was morning jitters that I get from my meds (it's like having too much coffee), and part of it was because I knew I'd suck. But I survived, albeit not very smoothly and I'm sure Bullwinkle had to avoid my unexpected braking.

Until a guy in front of me started driving very strangely. I think it was the connection (we were all 3-bar yellow). At one point I had to take evasive action to not slam into him, and that led to getting passed by at least 3 people. Then I did something else stupid and by the time the dust had settled, I finished P12.

Worst of all, I pitted someone at the last chicane, because I missed my braking point. I just stopped and waited for him. Fortunately, after the race he said something like "no worries" before I even got a chance to apologize. He said he "drove like a trashcan" and so did I.

Here's my takeaways as to my bad lap times at Spa during a race:

1. I'm having trouble adjusting to the start-of-race conditions with a heavier car and cool tires.
2. It's clear that I'm causing, um, consternation for the people behind me, as I'm just not driving consistent at all...
3. ...and worrying about it only makes things worse,
4. The only solution is to start grinding races until I get used to it.

I meant to save the replay but of course I forgot. I need to see why people always catch me along the Kemmel straight, even if I get a lead after La Source. I must be mishandling Eau Rouge, but I'm not sure how.


You're on my leaderboard, so we must be friends. Are you sure we're not friends? In any case, my PSN is listed below my avatar here, just like yours is. ;p "dagware".

What a whiner! (Just kidding - I hate that too.)

depending on how big of a lead you've got they might slipstream catch you?

 

[KaYibE]

Hi all, had an older account but created this one that represent my real ID/PSN account. Not a guy o postingin the racing section.

I made a vídeo of a run on daily Race C in the Start of the week, only made 4/5 laps to get used to the track/layout and jumped in, also my firsts contact with PSVR2.
Dont know if in the future i'll Record the full official season just cause VR totally changes the pleasure of playing GT again.
Not a great Race, "hard" to measure the speed cause i felt i could carrie a lot more speed trough some sectors, also still need to work on awareness using VR.
Nothing serious just whanted to Record one Race and who knows if time lets me i'll pratice to get more competitive and Record Next full official season.
My wife also like to drive in VR so kind limits my time, anyway also my first contact editing, just amateur stuff.
Not OP car no pratice, just trying to survive.

 

[TheNormsk]

Here's an example of the stupidness in race B, this is an A and A+ room.

I take back my complaints about driving of low-end B lobby. I had a bunch of good runs and just had the most beautiful online racing in my life. Throughout the race, I kept thinking “I am gonna save this replay” but of course I totally forgot to do that. And I also had turned off PlayStation so no replay there as well.

Last nights races in the DR B / mixed SR A/B lobbies were actually very clean and good runs as far as I could tell. Second race I was in the front most of the way so was out of the fray but race 1 where I slipped back into 6th, the racing there was good as well. I had similar experiences in Race B last week as well. The B/A and B/B races were some of the cleanest I'd had recently. It is like racers were SR S and had fallen back for whatever reason and were now trying to drive cleaner to get their SR rating back.

Every video I’ve seen of Race B has been mayhem. I don’t think I’m even going to bother trying that one this week, which is both unfortunate since it’s a great combo, and also fortunate since I can’t seem to find a decent quality time anyway!

I’m guessing that’s an example of dirty air. It seems you lost downforce, and so braking efficiency, when you got into his wash.

Remember no one posts their clean races. Videos like drama; it's what gets the views. Just like the news, "if it bleeds it leads.." (Unless it is 6 year old girl saves kitten from tree" LOL).

You could be right on the dirty air. I had completely overlooked that. That's not usually an issue in slow corners like La Source but barreling into Les Combes at 175mph; I could definitely see that now you mention it. So reminder to myself, brake before curbing if following close to car in front.

Not sure about your specific setup with having ag27 with the rimotech LC but with the standard g29 I find that I can brake in a significantly better/shorter distance with the ps4 controller than the wheel/pedal setup. I’m not sure why but I suspect it is because of something to do with the amount of travel between the trigger buttons vs pedals ( I think they are both an analog or digital input? which ever one means it’s a progressive input anyway) just for the sake of science 😜 and fun map the l3/r3 buttons on the steering wheel to brake and gas or whatever works best for you and check it out.
2. I didn’t really see a good place to overtake that driver especially since you had the two second penalty. I would’ve tried to pressure him into making a mistake. 🍻

The load cell still takes some time to reach full 100% braking. Actually may not be the cell but rather the mechanics of my foot only moving so quick. It's actually a G29 BTW, thanks for spotting that I had a typo in my signature. Still, the cell probably reacts faster than the standard G29 pedal as there is something like 3/4" of pedal movement between off and full on. I might try the l3/r3 map just to see what happens. That would be a very digital 1/0 input.

Here's my takeaways as to my bad lap times at Spa during a race:

1. I'm having trouble adjusting to the start-of-race conditions with a heavier car and cool tires.
2. It's clear that I'm causing, um, consternation for the people behind me, as I'm just not driving consistent at all...
3. ...and worrying about it only makes things worse,
4. The only solution is to start grinding races until I get used to it.

I was not sure about Spa, having not much wheel time at that circuit before this week, but you know what now? As I learn it more and improve on it I am really liking it a lot. It is becoming one of my favorites (with the Gr.2 cars). I'm still not proper quick like some here but for my lobbies my 2:05.2x is now decent and put me top 4 (at least until my DR improves and puts me in harder lobbies). I'm also finding that unlike my earlier races my lap times are now getting to be consistently closer to my QT as long as traffic is not in the way. I've also learned a lot about racing in traffic as well so my overall race craft has improved.

Keep at it and watch some of the YT track guides such as the TheKei one I posted earlier. I only took a couple of tidbits away from that but it helped me drop a chunk of time just tweaking a few corners. Once a corner "clicks" focus on the next... Last thing, don't run any traction aids. You don't need them with the GTR as long as you remember to upshift prior to booting it out of the slow corners.

 

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I somehow set a low 1:14 in qualifying for race A, which for a SR B driver puts me fairly close to the front on most grids, but I just go backwards in the race every time because my race pace is seemingly nowhere near that. I drop time in the last corner every lap, which is weird because it is a nothing corner. Having a clean race is difficult in Race A, so many people try to pull off suicide passes through the fast bus stop which almost always ends up going wrong.

Race B, I used to drive Spa a lot in GT Sport but with Gr3 cars. I set a fairly slow QT 2:06, but tend to make up places fairly well in the race. It's more fun for me.

Nice ☺️ my races were mostly clean. I’d love to take the challenge at spa and maybe get back to SR B but I just don’t have the time to practice for good results, therefore I’m in A for a while and learn in the SR C lobby.
The bus stop… yes😵‍💫🥴